Portrait of Man, Child and Prized Milking Goat Just Milked, Giorgio Conrad, Naples, Italy, c. 1860s CDV Peruvian worry dolls clearly once jointed to a

clearly once jointed to a figure

There is a little minor rippling of the needlepoint overall

no lost or loose pages

I have to think Emma Whittmore of Maine did not have her own notebook in which to keep a daily diary

rich detail

Portrait of Man, Child and Prized Milking Goat Just Milked, Giorgio Conrad, Naples, Italy, c. 1860s CDV Peruvian worry dolls clearly once jointed to aA gorgeous albumen photo CDV, very tonally rich and capturing every detail with clarity, down to every spatter and splatter covering the floor! And what a trio of faces, among which this goat is clearly the star having been milked just before the photo was taken, with the man holding a jar full. Feels very Italian indeed, taken by Giorgio Conrad, Napoli, printed on reverse, c. 1860s. Conrad (1827 1889) examples of whose carte de visite (some hand